Mahon: You are saying that we are crooks

THE chairman of the Mahon Tribunal yesterday asked Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s lawyer to withdraw what he called disgraceful and offensive comments.

Judge Alan Mahon told Conor Maguire SC that suggestions the tribunal was biased and had an agenda were untrue.

If his comments were proved to be true, said the chairman, they would “completely undermine” the work of the planning tribunal.